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Durante el coloniaje se
Durante el coloniaje se llamaba chapetones y cachupines a los españoles en América, y de aquí que
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

doctor expects Captain Starbuck
4. The doctor expects Captain Starbuck to recover.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

Divide each compound sentence
3. Divide each compound sentence in § 452 and in Exercise 6 into the independent coördinate clauses that compose it.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

Divide each complex sentence
5. Divide each complex sentence in Exercises 17, 25, 39 (2), 48–51, into the independent (main) clause and the subordinate clause.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

dread empress Cytheraea said
Ah yet, will Venus aid Saturnia's joy, And set aside the cause of Greece and Troy?" "Let heaven's dread empress (Cytheraea said) Speak her request, and deem her will obey'd.
— from The Iliad by Homer

donc en ce sens
Ils ne peuvent en général pas être imprimés et sont donc en ce sens bien plus protecteurs que les livres papier, en évitant tout "photocopillage".
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

deus ei concessit sic
Quo circa et alio quidem tempore indifferentèr inuasit eos, et prout deus ei concessit, sic et fecit.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt

day each corps successively
It was about half-past three o'clock when this last victory was achieved; there had been several such during the day; each corps successively beat that which was opposed to it, without being able to take advantage of its success to decide the battle; as, not being supported in proper time by the reserve, each halted exhausted.
— from History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 by Ségur, Philippe-Paul, comte de

dépense et cette somme
Une autre coutume encore est que quand un ambassadeur a été présenté au seigneur, celui-ci, jusqu'à ce qu'il ait fait sa réponse, lui envoie de quoi fournir à sa dépense; et cette somme est de deux cents aspers.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Richard Hakluyt

damage eh Captain Strong
“Ah,” said the mate; “and if you could only recollect the scoundrel who sent them, he should pay for the damage, eh, Captain Strong?”
— from Mother Carey's Chicken: Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle by George Manville Fenn

Departments exercises considerable supervision
Each of the State Agricultural Departments exercises considerable supervision in regard to the industry.
— from Australia, The Dairy Country by Australia. Department of External Affairs

Directly every company started
Directly every company started off on double time and disappeared in between two sets of barracks at one corner of the parade ground.
— from Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 by Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe


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